As a single mother and professor, I struggled financially, so we moved into a rental on campus. My two daughters grew up on the college campus where I worked, and the students became mentors. As a single parent, I raised two daughters — now 24 and 18 — in a tiny campus rental with a view of a white barn and sloping mountains. A pragmatic horticulturist, he'd watched my children walk through his yard to the bus stop each morning. AdvertisementBut what I couldn't explain was my attachment to this college, its students, and its support system.

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Persons: —, Tom, he'd, Rodney Lytle, Alma Shippy, Painter Dave, Warren, Annie, Sierra, I'd, I've Organizations: Service, Warren Wilson College, Sierra Locations: North Carolina, Tallulah